Thanks! However, when I just stick the link I gave above in a browser and change it to 2 dots, I now get "Invalid query: cannot map type set to a single type"
I've switched the coordinates around a few times again (thinking I gave them in the wrong order) but get that same error. Is there anything else wrong with that query that my glazed over eyes are missing? Thanks, Jenn On Jul 19, 12:44 am, Michael Hao <qmha...@gmail.com> wrote: > You seem to have three dots "..." between the two lat/long pairs. Change to > two dots ".." then it should work. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Jenn <slisj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I found in the help pages a quick blurb about using two lat/long > > points to make a bounding box for the location (as opposed to setting > > a geocode/address and radius) - it can be found here: > >http://code.google.com/apis/base/docs/2.0/attrs-queries.html#LocDatQuer > > > I am using this with Google Maps so that is exactly what I want - only > > showing the items within the part of my map being displayed. > > > However, I can't seem to get the query right - as I keep tweaking I > > either get no results or an error that says > > > <errors> > > <error type="request" reason="Invalid query: illegal area > > specification; expected location"/> > > </errors> > > > Here's my query: > > >http://www.google.com/base/feeds/snippets/?bq=[item%20type:Housing][listing%20type:For%20Sale][location:%40%2B42.4648-083 > > .6997...%40%2B42.56522-083.8051] > > > I have tried many things - switching if the North East corner or the > > South West corner go first, switching lat and long order, taking off > > decimal point, etc. On the ones that I KNOW are incorrect I get a 0 > > results returned. On the queries I think are correct according to the > > above documentation I get the error about illegal area specification. > > > Any ideas? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google Base Data API" group. > > To post to this group, send email to google-base-data-api@googlegroups.com > > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-base-data-api%2Bun > > subscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en. > > --http://www.NeibEx.com > - Explore Your Neighborhood -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Base Data API" group. To post to this group, send email to google-base-data-...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-base-data-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-base-data-api?hl=en.
